Seems Like Yesterday

Published 7:57 pm Wednesday, June 6, 2012

50 years ago (1962)

The old Parkland Lutheran Children’s Home, dismissed as a concrete monstrosity in a time when there was little respect for historical buildings, was to be razed by the Edmonds Junior Chamber of Commerce. Included in the demolition squad were Mike Arnim, Larry Doyle, Don Hosking, Don Moe, Gene Caraker, Dan Briggs and Jake Evenblij.

Tomorrow was the grand opening of Snohomish Coin-O-Matic wash and dry clean. There was free drying during the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Ragnar Jensen invited the public to bring in their washing and dry cleaning.

25 years ago (1987)

General Hospital offered heart wise care. Heart doctors working with the hospital were David Stewart, Norvin Parr, J. Patrick Nolan, James Schmitt, Neale Smith, Wm. J. MacDonald, Richard Phillips, Lawrence Haft, Kirk Prindle, Jeffrey Rose, Frank Nieto and Harold Dash.

Hybrid cottonwood trees looked like they might be a new cash crop. After two years, they reached a height of 25 feet. No other woody plant in this zone compared with that rate of productivity. Cottonwoods and poplars provide wood and pulp for paper.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library.